Brian Holland

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Representative Matters

CERCLA proceedings and related environmental litigation for subsidiary of major mining company in large historical mining district.
Representation of major public mining company in nine-figure transaction for purchase of two large operating mines.

Local counsel for pipeline company in large interstate pipeline project - primarily advice and representation on land access matters (including easements - leases and condemnation) and state and local permitting.

Local counsel providing assistance on proceedings or litigation involving large hard rock mine; including dispute over final reclamation costs and dispute over complex mining partnership agreement.

Brian Holland is the Partner in the firm’s Butte office. He is a practice group leader of the firm’s Energy & Minerals Projects & Transactions practice group. He works closely with the firm’s Oil and Gas and Natural Resources and Environmental Litigation practice groups, and with attorneys in the Commercial Transactions practice group to coordinate the firm’s team approach to assisting clients with complex projects/transactions. His work focuses primarily on large or complex energy and mineral related projects and transactions, such as power plants, pipeline projects, oil & gas transactions, mining projects, and wind energy projects, with his work involving various aspects, including due diligence, permitting, transaction agreements, condemnation, financing and financing opinions, and generally assisting clients complete projects and close transactions. He joined the firm in 2004 after serving as Senior Counsel with the Montana Power Company Legal Department, where he worked, starting in 1992, on a wide variety of energy-related projects and transactions. Prior to that position, he was in private practice with a litigation firm in Seattle for four years, and before that, he was with the Butte-Silver Bow County Attorney’s Office for four years. Brian is a Butte native who graduated from the University of Montana Law School in 1982, with his undergraduate degree in Economics from Carroll College, Helena, in 1978.

Honors & Awards

Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Transactions/UCC Law (2017-Present)

Community Involvement

Brian has been active in numerous community organizations, including serving on the Boards of the following organizations: Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives, Project Green of Montana, World Museum of Mining, and the Butte Amateur Hockey Association, plus involvement with several youth sports organizations.

Professional Affiliations

State Bar of Montana
American Bar Association
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation

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